2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on August 1.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Edwin Soy	Kenya	13:30.46	SB
	Vincent Yator	Kenya	13:30.53	SB
	Mark Kiptoo	Kenya	13:32.45	SB
4	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Uganda	13:39.80
5	Imane Merga	Ethiopia	13:41.98
6	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:42.41
7	Bekana Daba	Ethiopia	13:45.19
8	Amanuel Mesel	Eritrea	13:54.31
9	Abraham Kiplimo	Uganda	13:56.86
10	Issak Sibhatu	Eritrea	14:01.32
11	Ezechiel Nizigiyimana	Burundi	14:01.78
12	Geoffrey Kusuro	Uganda	14:03.82
13	Oliver Irabaruta	Burundi	14:09.25
14	Damian Chopa	Tanzania	14:13.38
15	Bernard Bizimana	Burundi	14:13.74	SB
16	Tony Wamulwa	Zambia	14:16.62
17	Tshamano Setone	South Africa	14:21.36
18	Jean M. Viany Kwajeneza	Rwanda	14:22.01
19	Youssouf His Bachir	Djibouti	14:58.19	SB
20	Chancy Master	Malawi	15:09.82
21	Goumaneh Omar Doualeh	Djibouti	15:27.67
22	Yav Majita	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15:28.38
23	Abdinaser Said Ibrahim	Somalia	15:30.94
24	Abdishakor Nagea Abdulle	Somalia	15:58.46
	Simon Labiche	Seychelles	DNF
	Anis Selmouni	Morocco	DNF
	Marko Joseph	Tanzania	DNS
	Eric Sebahire	Rwanda	DNS
	Kidane Tadasse	Eritrea	DNS

Results